Chargers split, Chemics lose twice in weekend road trips

By the Midland Daily News

Published 5:30 am, Sunday, February 3, 2013

The Dow High hockey team earned a split of its Friday and Saturday road contests, picking up a 4-1 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern on Friday, then falling 3-0 to Muskegon Mona Shores on Saturday.

“Both games were outstanding and very competitive,” said Chargers’ coach Dick Blasy. “On Friday, we battled and worked hard and did all of the little things. It was a nice win for us. But on Saturday, it felt like everyone — including myself — was out of sync. We couldn’t get that first goal (to build on).”

On Friday, the Huskies scored late in the first for a 1-0 edge, before Dow scored three times in the second period.

With 16:39 remaining in the second, the Chargers’ Steven Roberts tied the game off assists from Zach Paisley and Matt Lee.

Midland got off to a fast start with four goals in the first period of the loss to Mona Shores, but had just a 4-3 lead through the opening period to show for it and scored only once the rest of the way.

Forrest Parsch scored twice to pace Midland, while Anthony Moody had a goal and two assists, Thomas Smith had a goal and an assist, and Shane Dunsmore added a goal. Steve Trombley contributed two assists for the Chemics, while Alex Goodwin and Ryan Singer had one assist each. Colin Walters had 35 saves while his teammates put 34 shots on goal.

On Saturday, trailing 4-0, the Chemics trimmed the deficit to 4-2 with third-period goals by Smith and Jonathan Evans, but a Forest Hills power-play goal in response dashed any hopes of a comeback. Parsch, Moody, Dunsmore and Dylan Bradley notched assists, while Walters and Austin Comiskey shared time in goal as Midland was outshot 25-21.

“We played pretty well Friday night, but we may have used up all the gas in the tank,” said MHS coach Jeff Brown. “We made a little run, but we just didn’t have it (Saturday).”

The Chemics (9-9-1) host the Flushing/Flint Carman-Ainsworth co-op team on Wednesday.